Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
To be prepared is half the victory.
Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote. Translated by Charles Jarvis, Oxford University Press, 1992, p. 524.
Versions of this proverb appear in many countries. Although the proverb originated in reference to military affairs, it is applicable to politics, leadership, management, and in the modern world is beginning to be applied to individuals and their careers and futures.
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Modern science with its mathematical structures allows more and more predictions of the world and in some ways is like seeing into the future.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language, and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and one of the pinnacles of world literature.